Though one of the best-known books in the world, Pinocchio at the same time remains unknown—linked in many minds to the Walt Disney movie that bears little relation to Carlo Collodi’s splendid original. That story is of course about a puppet who, after many trials, succeeds in becoming a “real boy.” Yet it is hardly a sentimental or morally improving tale. To the contrary, Pinocchio is one of the great subversives of the written page, a madcap genius hurtled along at the pleasure and mercy of his desires, a renegade who in many ways resembles his near contemporary Huck Finn.   Pinocchio the novel, no less than Pinocchio the character, is one of the great inventions of modern literature. A sublime anomaly, the book merges the traditions of the picaresque, of street theater, and of folk and fairy tales into a work that is at once adventure, satire, and a powerful enchantment that anticipates surrealism and magical realism. Thronged with memorable characters and composed with the fluid but inevitable logic of a dream, Pinocchio is an endlessly fascinating work that is essential equipment for life.   Geoffrey Brock’s acclaimed new translation is reissued in an edition for children with over fifty full-page watercolors by Fulvio Testa.

There was once upon a time a piece of wood in the shop of an old carpenter named Master Antonio. Everybody, however, called him Master Cherry, on account of the end of his nose, which was always as red and polished as a ripe cherry. No sooner had Master Cherry set eyes on the piece of wood than his face beamed with delight, and, rubbing his hands together with satisfaction, he said softly to himself: "This wood has come at the right moment; it will just do to make the leg of a little table."

Product Description: Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino è un romanzo scritto da Carlo Collodi (pseudonimo dello scrittore Carlo Lorenzini) a Firenze nel 1881. Si tratta di un classico della letteratura per ragazzi, e grazie anche al giudizio favorevole di Benedetto Croce, che ne scrisse nel 1903, è entrato a pieno titolo fra le grandi opere della letteratura italiana...read more

By the Italian writer and journalist, best known as the creator of Pinocchio. In 1880 he began writing Storia di un burattino ("The story of a marionette"), also called Le avventure di Pinocchio (The Adventures of Pinocchio).

Product Description: Il grande capolavoro di Carlo Collodi "Le avventure di Pinocchio" in un italiano semplice e moderno. Il libro è la versione integrale del testo originale, scritto a Firenze nel 1881, in un italiano più attuale e adatto ai lettori contemporanei, anche ai più giovani...read more

A wooden puppet full of tricks and mischief, with a talent for getting into and out of trouble, wants more than anything else to become a real boy

Pinocho por Carlo Collodies una novela infantil un poco distinta a la historia modificada de pinocho de hoy en día. Es el cuento original, que creo con la idea de difundir sobre la importancia de la educación de los menores y del necesario papel activo de los padres en la enseñanza de sus hijos.

The adventures of a talking wooden puppet whose nose grows whenever he tells a lie.

Product Description: PINOCCHIO. THE ADVENTURES OF A MARIONETTE (2013 : 220 PAGES. LARGE PRINT FOR EASY READING - Original edition) Anyone interested in the role of education and a child’s place in society will be well-served to read or reread this timeless classic...read more

The adventures of a talking wooden puppet whose nose grows whenever he tells a lie.

Product Description: No hay nada como un teatro de marionetas y ninguna marioneta como Pinocho! Camina y habla sin ayuda de hilos, y, lo mas sorprendente, razona como un nino. Pero para alcanzar su deseo de convertirse en un nino de verdad todavia falta un largo trecho...read more

Product Description: No hay nada como un teatro de marionetas y ninguna marioneta como Pinocho! Camina y habla sin ayuda de hilos, y, lo mas sorprendente, razona como un nino. Pero para alcanzar su deseo de convertirse en un nino de verdad todavia falta un largo trecho...read more

Product Description: Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, first published in 1883, has been adapted in many ways and translated into many languages. Here, award-winning German children's book writer Christine Nöstlinger and renowned Spanish artist Antonio Saura offer The New Pinocchio, with entirely original illustrations...read more

Product Description: Gepetto, el viejo carpintero, deseaba que su última creación,“Pinocho”, una bonita marioneta de madera, pudiera convertirse en un niño de verdad. El Hada Azul le concedió el deseo, no sin antes advertir a Pinocho que para ser un niño de verdad, debería demostrar que era generoso, obediente y sincero...read more

Product Description: Book by Collodi, Carlo